Van Halen - Fair Warning

Primary Artist
Van Halen
Album Title
Fair Warning
Release Date
April 29, 1981 
Time
30:58 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Of all the early Van Halen records, Fair Warning often gets overlooked -- partially because it's a dark, strange beast, partially because it lacks any song as purely fun as the hits from the first three records. Because of that, there were no hits from Fair Warning that turned into radio anthems; only "Unchained" and, to a lesser extent, the grinding opener, "Mean Street," rank among the group's best-known songs, and they're not as monumental as "And the Cradle Will Rock," from the preceding album, Women And Children FirstRead More